Mages Epi LP

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 1:38 am

so, i've got an Epi LP comign from Mages in the mail
obviously it demands a project, and many people would say to refinish it etc..
but i'm not going too

what i am planning on doing however is probably a bit of blasphemy to Gibson fans
but whatever..

see i have a few pickups coming from AVJ as well.. and i already have plans for the neck jazzmaster and neck jaguar pups..
but the bridge jazzmaster pup.. i didn't have a plan for off the bat, but i do now

*Mages Photos

Concept:

i'm not sure on if i want a pickguard for it or not.. the neck pickup will be the one that is currently in my Jaguar HH

Top switch will be standard LP switch

Independent Volume for each pickup, one tone knob with a tone switch to bypass the knob

however this could be a changed due to difficulty of modifying the body.

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:06 am

Cool idea's. How much did that body/neck set you back?

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:37 am

i traded Mages a Japanese Boss PSM-5 for it.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:32 am

what builder did you use for the idea sketch?

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:08 am

here, http://www.yajimastringworks.com/tct/ys ... ekae-e.asp

but i had to grab the jazzmaster pickup from the builder at osg

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:06 pm

I'm so happy you're doing something with this guitar. it's been nagging at me in the back of my mind for years now.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:10 pm

me too, i've been wanting to do something with a LP for a while..
the only part i think i might need to buy is the jack plate
i ordered a neck plate and bolts on ebay yesterday
the pickups should be here soon, and i'm damn sure i have tone and volume pots kicking around
i'll have to drill a hole to put in the toggle switch for tone cut. just not sure about the upper pickup selector switch.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:32 pm

i'm contemplating a trem, but i can't afford a bigsby..
i may see if gfs still has any of the surface mounting trems in stock.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:09 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:I'm making a prediction right now. Whatever mangled beast Serfx makes out of that epi... I'm going to own it at some point.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:13 pm

i saw that post before.

i just ordered new pots, pickguard, and output jack for this, i was going to order the surface mount trem, but i'm going to see what i have kicking around in my dad's shop as i'll be heading down there next week (i'll also be working on my mig-29 next week(

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:28 pm

I think I have an import sized gibby stop tail and mounts if you want them.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:30 pm

i have a stop tail and mount, but they might be gold... i need to double check on them
but thanks for the offer.

if mine end up being gold, and yours are chrome, i'll let you know.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:34 pm

serfx wrote:i have a stop tail and mount, but they might be gold... i need to double check on them
but thanks for the offer.

if mine end up being gold, and yours are chrome, i'll let you know.

They are chrome and I haven't got crap to do with them.

If'n you reaaaaaaaaaally want to make this wierd... I've also got a humbucker sized telecaster bridge plate. string thru.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 8:37 pm

hahaha!
nah i'm putting a jazzmaster pup in the bridge

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:37 pm

Please do some form of les paul junior pickguard design - the single pickup one but with a cutout for a neck pickup would look really cool

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:39 pm

i was thinking that but i'm just going to go with the standard LP guard for now, as it was way cheaper.. i may not even use a guard..

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:42 pm

Very true, it'd be more of a hassle to do a custom guard as well.

This looks like a fun project, I think it'll turn out pretty cool.

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:49 pm

my only quandry is how to wire it for
humbucker / jazz, 2 volume, 1 tone w/ bypass.

maybe mike has a diagram

rlm2112 · Post by **rlm2112** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:12 am

I've been wanting to put one of these on a les paul for a while..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Kahler-7200-Stud-Mo ... 2a0e878727

One of my favorite guitarists, Johnny Hickman, almost exclusively uses a 78 les paul with a kahler on it.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:55 am

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Just treat the humbucker in the bridge position there as the jazzmaster pickup.

Then wire a dpdt switch that on one side that feeds into the tone control and on the other goes straight to the output jack.